Name: | CAPRICORNUS |
Type: | Fishing Vessel |
Launched: | 23/05/1898 |
Completed: | 06/1898 |
Builder: | Edwards Brothers |
Yard: | North Shields |
Yard Number: | 586 |
Dimensions: | 194grt, 80nrt, 114.2 x 21.1 x 11.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (12, 20 & 32 x 22.5ins), 52nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 109548 |
History: | |
06/1898 | Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Grimsby |
22/08/1914 | Sank |
Comments: | 22/08/1914: Captured, torpedoed & sunk by a German |
torpedo boat when 85 miles ExN from Spurn Point |
Above photo copyright of Lancashire County Council